Liverpool hits British Transfer Record to sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle

The summer -long transfersaga with Alexander Isak came to a conclusion on Monday when he finally got his wish for a move to Liverpool from Newcastle United, because the English champion corresponded to a British record compensation to sign the attacker for a long -term agreement.

Isak’s stand-off with Newcastle dominated the start of the season, but the impasse was broken with Liverpool who paid a reported 125 million pounds for the 25-year-old Swede.

The reimbursement overshadows Chelsea’s Up-front 107 million pounds paid for Enzo Fernandez and the 100 million plus 15 million add-ons splashed for fellow midfielder Moises Caicedo.

«It has been a long journey to come here. But I am super happy to be part of this team, this club and everything for which it stands,» said Liverpool’s new song Nine Isak’s website.

«It is something I am proud of and I am really looking forward to it. I am happy that it is ready and that I can get back to work,» he added.

Isak arrived in Newcastle from Real Sociedad three years ago and turned out to be a huge hit with his goals, twice to help the Northeast Club qualify for the Champions League and to end a 70-year-old domestic trophy-dried in the last season’s League Cup final.

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His cult status on Tyneside, however, quickly deteriorated, because the Swede made it clear that he wanted to leave and was effectively frozen, did not play a role in the Newcastle opening matches of this season and not even training with the first team.

Newcastle confirmed his departure on Monday in a short statement of 37 words.

The conquest of ISAK takes the expenditure of Liverpool in the close season above 450 million pounds after it had signed the club’s transfer record for the second time, after it had signed the Florian Wirtz of Germany in a deal that could eventually rise to 116 million pounds.

While the forward line of Liverpool is still led by Kop Idol Mohamed Salah, and new signing Hugo Ekitike has run the ground, the sale of Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and the tragic death of Diogo Jota Left Manager Arne Slot’s Options Limited.

So the arrival of a player who described Newcastle’s captain Bruno Guimaraes last season as the ‘Best Striker in the World’ will be a huge boost for Liverpool’s hope to win back-to-back titles for the first time since 1984.

«I think I have a lot to give, I think I have much to improve. I am a striker, but I always want to give the team as much as possible, mainly goals, but much more than that,» said Isak, who has 52 caps.

«I want to win everything. Yes, (as simple as that),» he added.

Published on 02 September 2025